Attributed to Jan Lievens

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Attributed to Jan Lievens
1607-1674
Study of a Sleeping Woman
Pen and brown ink; framing line in brown ink on laid paper.
5 9/16 x 3 7/16 inches (140 x 88 mm)
Bequest of Charles Ryskamp.
2010.167
Inscription: 

Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink, "18". On verso of old Richardson mount, in brown ink: at upper center, "T.12"; and at lower left (turned upside down), "etordis" / "a borne dans cet lieu" / "L'agrement" / "Less attraits"; and on old hinge, in graphite, "20059512" / "6".

Provenance: 
Prosper Henry Lankrink (1628-1692), London (Lugt 2090); Jonathan Richardson, Sr. (1665-1745), London (remnants of his pressmark on verso of mount, in brown ink, "T.12"; Lugt 2893-94); sale [A. Schwarz et al.], Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 15 November 1994, lot 42, repr. in color; Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel (dealer), Munich; from whom acquired by Charles Ryskamp, Princeton and New York.
Associated names: 

Lankrink, Prosper Henricus, former owner.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Sumowski, Drawings (forthcoming suppl. vol.).

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